The rumors have been running rampant for a couple weeks now, but today at the end of their Blizzcon ’09 opening ceremonies Blizzard officially announced the next World of Warcraft expansion entitled Cataclysm. This world altering addition to the extremely popular MMORPG is set to transform Azeroth in ways never before seen with new races, quests, zones, and a higher level cap.

This is the news all you WoW fans have been waiting for, so to find out more about this highly anticipated expansion pack hit the jump.

World of Azeroth is completely transformed as classic zones are forever changed.

New high-level zones.

New PVP zone and Rated Battlegrounds.

Goblins join the Horde as a new playable race.

Worgen join the Alliance as a new playable race.

Flying mounts can now be used in Azeroth.

Level cap raised to 85.

New race classes: Tauren Paladins, Human Hunters, Night Elf Mages

New dungeons and raids.

Guild leveling system and achievements.

New secondary skill: Archaeology.

Hundreds of new quests.

Heroic classic Instances, like Deadmines (VC) and Shadowfang Keep.

New character progression: Path of the Titans.

Blizzcon ’09 has just begun and this list is just the tip of the iceberg. Stay tuned to Gamer Limit as more details about this earth shattering expansion flow in.

They only turned Neutral in the 3rd war and into WoW. Until then they were allied with the horde and Goblin Sappers were buildable only by the horde. But I think they should have picked Ogres for the Horde.

* Goblins are a technological race from Kezan, their society is broken up into trade cartels run by trade princes. They are new factions and not the ones you can already see in game.
I’m gonna faction change into worgen for sure

The dangly bits on the cow are an indtiacor of femininity and are somewhat noticeable from most angles. Humans do not generally consider them sexy. I don’t know the opinion of the cows.You don’t need to “remember the lore of your race” if the culture is created based on cultures which are generally known by Westerners (as so far, all of the ones in WoW are) because the indtiacors, such as hair length, will be generally known.I’m not trying to argue that the Charr are the way to go. I don’t think the differences need to be subtle, but by the same token, they don’t need to be outlandishly exaggerated. Worgen could still be identifiably female with smaller breasts, more wolf-like faces, and a posture more similar to the males.Most players aren’t RPing, so you aren’t likely talking to their characters, but to the player. The player is often not the same gender as the character, so if you’re so concerned about the pronoun, try asking them.